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ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 96-106Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2022.2056191
Keywords
LC; MS; membrane permeability; metal nanoparticles; SEM; TEM; zinc oxide
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- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) [(RGP-1440-0022)(2)]
- DSR
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Metal nanoparticles show great potential as antibacterial agents to combat antibiotic resistance. In this study, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) were synthesized using Gardenia thailandica methanol extract (GTME) and their antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates was investigated in vitro and in vivo. The ZnO-NPs exhibited significant antibacterial activity with a decrease in membrane integrity and an increase in membrane permeability. Furthermore, the ZnO-NPs protected lung, liver, and kidney tissues from the deleterious effects of P. aeruginosa bacteria.
The increasing emergence of bacterial resistance is a challenge for the research community, thus novel antibacterial agents should be developed. Metal nanoparticles are promising antibacterial agents and could solve the problem of antibiotic resistance. Herein, we used Gardenia thailandica methanol extract (GTME) to biogenically synthesise zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs). The characterisation of ZnO-NPs was performed by UV spectroscopy, FTIR, scanning and transmission electron microscopes, dynamic light scattering, and X-ray diffraction. The antibacterial activity of ZnO-NPs was studied both in vitro and in vivo against Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates. Its minimum inhibitory concentration values ranged from 2 to 64 mu g/mL, and it significantly decreased the membrane integrity and resulted in a significant increase in the inner and outer membrane permeability. Also, the ZnO-NPs treated cells possessed a distorted and deformed shape when examined by scanning electron microscope. The in vivo study (biochemical parameters and histological investigation) was conducted and it revealed a protective effect of ZnO-NPs against the deleterious influences of P. aeruginosa bacteria on lung, liver, and kidney tissues. LC-ESI-MS/MS revealed a phytochemical tentative identification of 57 compounds for the first time. We propose that GTME is a useful source for ZnO-NPs which has a promising antibacterial activity.
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